1946778 - The history tab is not displayed when long-pressing on Android back button on Poco device

Status: REOPENED

(Fenix :: History, defect)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas QA [:vtamas]]

Attachment: BackButtonPoco.mp4

Steps to reproduce

1. Navigate to a website.
2. Open several links in the same tab.
3. Long-press the Android back button.

Expected behavior

The history panel shows up displaying the tab history.

Actual behavior

There is no history panel displayed.

Device information

• Firefox version: Firefox Nightly 137 (2025-02-27), Firefox 136 beta 3, Firefox RC 135
• Android device model: Poco X6 Pro (Android 14)

Any additional information?

This is a follow-up issue for Bug 1944817.
Regression window:

• Last good build: 134.0a1 (Build #2016056106), hg-7d29edd4cb62+, GV: 134.0a1-20241114095720, AS: 134.20241109050310, 2024-11-14T13:53:07.413545876
• First bad build: 134.0a1 (Build #2016056194), hg-0191fbfc9115+, GV: 134.0a1-20241114211619, AS: 134.20241114050344, 2024-11-15T00:02:14.728580427

Comment 2

[Nicholas Poon [:Nick]]

Hey Vasilica,
I just noticed that you actually verified the fix in Bug 1944817. Is this a different issue?

Comment 3

[Vasilica Tamas QA [:vtamas]]

(In reply to Nicholas Poon [:Nick] from comment #2)

Hey Vasilica,
I just noticed that you actually verified the fix in Bug 1944817. Is this a different issue?

Hey Nick! Yes, this is a separate issue created specifically for the Poco X6, as only the Samsung A32 (Android 13) device was resolved by Bug 1944817.

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

:mavduevskiy, since you are the author of the regressor, bug 1898059, could you take a look?

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Comment 5

[Bob]

This is a followup to bug 1932300 and bug 1944817 that fixed this issue for most devices.

If the Poco device does not properly implement platform APIs that work on all other devices, this may not be possible to fix: we have no way to detect a long press.

The only remaining option I can think of is to expand the bug 1944817 fix and disable the new APIs on all Android 14 but the risk of side effects (reintroducing bug 1898059) is high. As far as I know, there is no way to filter this option by manufacturer or device.